The 2019-20 Bellator MMA Featherweight Grand Prix, delayed for months by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume in earnest at Bellator 252 on Thursday in Uncasville, Connecticut. There, the Mohegan Sun Arena plays host to a pair of quarterfinal battles, as reigning 145-pound champion Patricio Freire defends his title against Pedro Carvalho in the headliner and Daniel Weichel faces Emmanuel Sanchez to open the main card.
Bellator 252 “Pitbull vs. Carvalho”—which airs live on the CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT—also features a co-main event between undefeated welterweights, as Yaroslav Amosov, 24-0, confronts Logan Storley, 11-0, in a pivotal showdown at 170 pounds.